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Dense to very dense fog, cold wave, and cold day conditions have panned out over disparate areas over the northern half of the country during the 24 hours ending Monday morning.
Republic Day morning in Delhi on Tuesday is expected to see dense fog but comparably warmer conditions under the gaze of a western disturbance parked over Afghanistan and neighbourhood.
Dense fog Dense to very dense fog descended on Northwest India right from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, North Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh during the morning hours on Monday.
Towards the East, the fog cover was seen extended from Bihar and North-West Madhya Pradesh to the hills of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and the rest of the Northeastern States.
Visibility was reduced to 25 metres at Patiala, Ambala, Churu, Agra, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Purnea, Baghdogra, Cooch Behar, and Malda.
Severe cold Cold wave (5- to 7 deg below normal) conditions were concentrated to parts of Central India and adjoining East India in interior Odisha, East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha during this period.
Cold day to severe cold day conditions (marked by cloudless skies which allow the Arctic cold to sit over ground) prevailed over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, North Rajasthan and parts of West Bengal.
But these are set to improve a bit on Tuesday morning, with the western disturbance expectedly moving in from its perch to lend its warming touch (thanks to lower pressure) to the region.
No sign of rain During the 24 hours ending Monday morning, the lowest minimum (night) temperature of 2.4 deg Celsius in the plains was recorded at Amritsar in Punjab and Najibabad in West Uttar Pradesh.
There are still no signs of any significant rain happening anywhere in the plains during this week except as snow over the hills of Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining region.
Mounting deficit The overall rain situation over the region during the first 20 days of the year has seen a deficit mounting to as high as 55 per cent.
Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand in North and East India and South Interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema and Lakshadweep represented the lone regions to witness any rain during this period.
According to the US Centre for Climate Prediction, the week ending January 30 is likely to see some rain materialise over Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, North Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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